> It does not matter when you have got a fat pipe and can connect to > multiple repositories. But, believe me...if you got a slow dial-up link > and yum can recognize a LOCAL repository (on the Lan), through a > configuration parameter, and prefers it over a remote repository and > uses the remote one only for the failed files...it really makes a > difference. > > Of course, now the burden to ensure that local repository files are > uncorrupted, falls upon the user. Esentially one will have to write a > script to checksum & verify the file, delete & re-download the files > that fail. If these features are built into yum, it will help the new > users a lot. > and the real burden falls to me to implement the features. This takes time and testing. And of course features are not free, they require maintenance going forward. > IAC, Tell me a bit about yourself.You seem to reply to most of the mails > on this list ;-) I'm the lead author of yum. Look in the AUTHORS file for other folks who contribute or have contributed to it. -sv
